On 11/18/98, Mark Olson <molson[_at_]falcon.cc.ukans.edu> wrote:
>
> A local bookstore prominently advertises the rental of New York Times
> Bestsellers. I asked an employee of the bookstore about possible
> copyright issues and was told they started doing it after learning that
> there are bookstores in New York that do it. The employee was unaware
> of any licensing agreements with publishers.
Section 109(a) permits the lawful owner of a copy of a copyrighted work to dispose of it as he sees fit without infringing.
> If book rental does not infringe I would think it would be ubiquitous.
Like libraries maybe? :-)
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